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DESIGNER DIGS in the Eternal City for under US$90? The
prospect is now a reality with the opening of Generator
Rome. The ‘poshtel’ features dorms and double rooms
much more stylish than the price tag would suggest. The
social rooms are where the property comes into its own,
though. There’s a rooftop terrace with views over Roman
rooftops, a slick bar lit by Chinese lanterns, and regular DJ
sessions in the lobby.
O Dorm room (sleeps up to four) from US$23,
private double room from US$86; generatorhostels.comBargain beds
NEW HOTEL
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS since the
publication of One Hundred Years of
Solitude, Colombian author Gabriel
García Márquez’s most famous book,
Amakuna is launching a tour of the
locations that shaped his life and work.
The trip takes in colourful Cartagena
(pictured) as well as his birthplace,
the pretty town of Aracataca and the
rainforests of Tayrona National Park,
home to the elusive Kogi people. The
tribe’s claim to be able to transform
into jaguars and other animals is
thought to have inspired Márquez’s
use of magical realism (10-night trip
from US$4,0555pp excl international
flights; amakuna.com).Also just out is the Art, Music and
Literature in Moscow tour, which visits
the houses where Tolstoy and Chekhov
lived and worked (five nights from
US$1,493pp; kirkerholidays.com).
Inntravel’s new self-guided walking
break The Hardy Way takes in the
Wessex locations loved by fans of
Victorian novelist Thomas Hardy (six
nights from US$740pp; inntravel.co.uk).